An Ottawa court will hold a special hearing next week to help resolve complaints that alleged serial sexual predator Yousef Hussein is being denied a full disclosure of prosecution evidence against him.

Hussein, 25, listened from the prisoner box Friday while his lawyer, Michael Johnston, told the court that his efforts to begin a coherent defence of his client is being stymied because he can’t get access to key evidence.

Hussein has been in custody since his arrest on May 16.

Crown prosecutors have said they have 2,000 pages of evidence but Johnston says that despite numerous requests he has only received 500.

“There are very important documents missing,” he said, citing results of multiple forensic tests, video statements and photographic evidence.

Hussein wants a bail hearing but Johnston said he doesn’t want to risk the 1,500 pages of pending documents to be “dumped” on him immediately prior to a bail application – leaving insufficient time to fully respond to the allegations.

The Crown prosecutor assigned to the case was not in court.

Johnston is also requesting any police information on a Sandy Hill sexual assault allegedly carried out by a suspect that matches Hussein’s description that police say occurred after Hussein was arrested.

Hussein is charged with six counts of sexual assault, three counts of overcoming resistance, two counts of break and enter, and two counts of committing an indecent act after police began an investigation into a serial sexual predator they believed began attacking women across the city in 2012.